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as effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

theft prevention standard. This 

conclusion is based on the information 

BMW provided about its antitheft 

device. NHTSA believes, based on 

BMW’s supporting evidence, that the 

antitheft device described for its vehicle 

line is likely to be as effective in 

reducing and deterring motor vehicle 

theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements of the theft 

prevention standard. 

The agency concludes that BMW’s 

antitheft device will provide the four of 

the five types of performance features 

listed in section 543.6(a)(3): Promoting 

activation; preventing defeat or 

circumvention of the device by 

unauthorized persons; preventing 

operation of the vehicle by 

unauthorized entrants; and ensuring the 

reliability and durability of the device. 

The agency notes that 49 CFR part 

541, Appendix A–1, identifies those 

lines that are exempted from the theft 

prevention standard for a given model 

year. 49 CFR 543.8(f) contains 

publication requirements incident to the 

disposition of all part 543 petitions. 

Advanced listing, including the release 

of future product nameplates, the 

beginning model year for which the 

petition is granted and a general 

description of the antitheft device is 

necessary in order to notify law 

enforcement agencies of new vehicle 

lines exempted from the parts-marking 

requirements of the theft prevention 

standard. 

If BMW decides not to use the 

exemption for its requested vehicle line, 

the manufacturer must formally notify 

the agency. If such a decision is made, 

the line must be fully marked as 

required by 49 CFR 541.5 and 541.6 

(marking of major component parts and 

replacement parts). 

NHTSA notes that if BMW wishes in 

the future to modify the device on 

which this exemption is based, the 

company may have to submit a petition 

to modify the exemption. Section 

543.8(d) states that a part 543 exemption 

applies only to vehicles that belong to 

a line exempted under this part and 

equipped with the antitheft device on 

which the line’s exemption is based. 

Further, section 543.10(c)(2) provides 

for the submission of petitions ‘‘to 

modify an exemption to permit the use 

of an antitheft device similar to but 

differing from the one specified in the 

exemption.’’ 

The agency wishes to minimize the 

administrative burden that section 

543.10(c)(2) could place on exempted 

vehicle manufacturers and itself. The 

agency did not intend in drafting part 

543 to require the submission of a 

modification petition for every change 

to the components or design of an 

antitheft device. The significance of 

many such changes could be de 

minimis. Therefore, NHTSA suggests 

that if BMW contemplates making any 

changes, the effects of which might be 

characterized as de minimis, it should 

consult the agency before preparing and 

submitting a petition to modify. 

For the foregoing reasons, the agency 

hereby grants in full BMW’s petition for 

exemption for the Toyota Supra vehicle 

line from the parts-marking 

requirements of 49 CFR part 541, 

beginning with its MY 2022 vehicles. 

Issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.95 and 501.8. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket Number NHTSA–2011–0084] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Compliance Labeling of 

Retroreflective Materials for Heavy 

Trailer Conspicuity 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment 

on the reinstatement of a previously 

approved collection of information. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below, regarding the reinstatement of a 

previously approved collection of 

information on Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108, will 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. The ICR describes 

the labeling requirement for 

retroreflective sheeting material and its 

expected burden. A Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

information collection was published on 

July 7, 2020. No comments were 

received regarding this information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 20, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, 

should be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget at 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

To find this particular information 

collection, select ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or 

use the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Andrei 

Denes, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, NHTSA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Mr. Denes’s telephone number is 

(202) 366–1810, and fax number is (202) 

366–7002. Please identify the relevant 

collection of information by referring to 

its OMB Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal 

agency must receive approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) before it collects certain 

information from the public and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information by a Federal 

agency unless the collection displays a 

valid OMB control number. In 

compliance with these requirements, 

this notice announces that the following 

information collection request will be 

submitted OMB. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day comment period soliciting public 

comments on the following information 

collection was published on July 7, 2020 

(85 FR 40735). 

Title: 49 CFR 571.108, Standard No. 

108; Lamps, reflective devices, and 

associated equipment; Compliance 

Labeling of Retroreflective Materials for 

Heavy Trailer Conspicuity 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0569. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a 

previously approved collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Length of Approval Requested: Three 

years. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The National Traffic and 

Motor Vehicle Act, authorizes the 

Secretary of Transportation (NHTSA by 

delegation), at 49 U.S.C. 30111, to issue 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 

(FMVSS) that set performance standards 

for motor vehicles and items of motor 

vehicle equipment. Further, the 

Secretary (NHTSA by delegation) is 

authorized, at 49 U.S.C. 30117, to 

require manufacturers to provide 

information to first purchasers of motor 

vehicles or items of motor vehicle 

equipment related to performance and 

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attached to or accompany the motor 

vehicle or item of motor vehicle 

equipment. Under this authority, the 

agency issued FMVSS No. 108, 

specifying labeling requirements to aid 

the agency in achieving many of its 

safety goals. 

FMVSS No. 108, ‘‘Lamp, reflective 

devices and associated equipment,’’ 

requires that the inscription ‘‘DOT–C2’’, 

‘‘DOT–C3’’, or ‘‘DOT–C4’’, as 

appropriate, constituting a certification 

that the retroreflective sheeting 

conforms to the requirements of the 

standard, appear at least once on the 

exposed surface of each white or red 

segment of retroreflective sheeting, and 

at least once every 300 mm on 

retroreflective sheeting that is white 

only. The characters must be not less 

than 3 mm high, and must be 

permanently stamped, etched, molded, 

or printed in indelible ink. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Crashes can be reduced if 

retroreflective material having certain 

essential properties is used to mark 

trailers. The permanent labeling is used 

to identify retroreflective material 

having the minimum properties 

required for effective conspicuity of 

trailers at night. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers of 

conspicuity grade retroreflective 

materials. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 3. 

The respondents are likely to be 

manufacturers of the conspicuity 

material. The agency estimates that 

currently there are three manufacturers 

producing conspicuity material. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Number of Responses: 190,000,000. 

It is estimated that there are 2.34 

million trailers and 0.54 million truck 

tractors that require new conspicuity 

tape annually. On average, a trailer 

requires approximately 60 ft. of 

reflective tape and a truck tractor 

requires about 4 ft. The labels are to be 

placed at intervals varying between 150 

mm and 300 mm on rolls of 

retroreflective conspicuity tape. 

Considering the length of tape required 

per trailer and truck tractor, and that the 

labeling is applied on average every 9 

in. (225 mm), a total number of 80 labels 

per trailer and 6 labels per truck tractor 

are required. Therefore, it is estimated 

that 190 million labels will be required 

annually (2.34 million trailers × 80 

labels + 0.54 million truck tractors × 6 

labels). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3 hours. 

The compliance symbol labeling 

program imposes only a minor hour 

burden per respondent, or three total 

hours, for the collection or reporting 

based on a maximum time required to 

ensure that the correct inscription is 

being applied to the sheeting by the 

printing presses. The application of 

symbols is performed by automated 

equipment incorporated in the 

production process of the retroreflective 

sheeting. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$4,000. 

The cost to respondents is estimated 

based on information that was supplied 

by the respondents regarding the cost of 

supplying or modifying printing rollers 

to apply the label. The cost to 

manufacturers of applying the label 

requirement is the maintenance and 

amortization of printing rollers and the 

additional dye or ink consumed. The 

labels are printed during the normal 

course of steady flow manufacturing 

operations and do not add additional 

time to the production process. 

Two methods of printing the label are 

in use. One method uses the same roller 

that applies the dye to the red segments 

of the material pattern. The roller is 

resurfaced annually using a 

computerized etching technique. The 

label was incorporated in the software 

to drive the roller resurfacing in 1993, 

and there is no additional cost to 

continue the printing of the label. In 

fact, costs would be incurred to 

discontinue the label. 

The second method uses a separate 

roller and dye to apply the label. The 

manufacturer using this technique 

reported that the rollers have been in 

service for five years without detectable 

wear and predicted a service life of at 

least fifteen years. Four rollers costing 

about $2,500 each are used for a total of 

$10,000. If all three manufacturers chose 

to use this method, a total of 12 rollers 

would be used for a total cost of 

$30,000. A straight-line depreciation of 

the rollers over 15 years ($30,000 

divided by 15 years) equals $2,000 per 

year. The total cost of the dye required 

is derived from the number of labels 

required to be printed yearly and the 

dye required for each label. The total 

number of labels printed annually is 

about 190 million. Therefore, at a cost 

of approximately $40 per gallon of dye 

and using about 0.001 milliliters of dye 

per label, the total cost of dye to print 

all the labels is estimated to be $2,000 

(190 million labels × $40/gal × 0.001 ml 

× 0.000264172 ml/gal). With the yearly 

cost to replace the rollers of $2,000 and 

an annual allowance of $2,000 for dye, 

the annual total industry cost of 

maintaining the label is about $4,000. 

Estimated annual cost burden: 

Additional cost of maintaining printing 

rollers with added label—$0 

Annual cost of separate printing rollers 

for label (where used)—$2,000 

Annual cost of additional dye or ink— 

$2,000 

Total annual respondent cost—$4,000 

Number of rollers Cost of each 

roller 

Total cost 

rollers 

Depreciation 

over 15 years 

Total annual 

labels 

(million) 

Annual 

additional dye 

allowance 

Est. total 

annual cost to 

maintain 

label 

12 ............................................................. $2,500 $30,000 $2,000 190 $2,000 $4,000 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2021–15521 Filed 7–20–21; 8:45 am] 

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